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The mother eagle soars past the nest before landing to join the father eagle (left) and female eaglet (right) at a nest along E120th Avenue near, E-470 on Thursday, July 03, 2014 in Commerce City, CO. Volunteers rotate in shifts to keep watch over the baby eagle, as it is expected to take flight soon, and it's nests proximity to E-470 tollway is worrisome. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/The Denver Post)

Cathy Waters holds her granddaughter Triston Waters, 1, while Lyra Waters, 2, looks at a female eaglet who will soon be taking its first flight through binoculars along 120th Avenue near, E-470 where an eagles nest is located on Thursday, July 03, 2014 in Commerce City, CO. Volunteers rotate in shifts to keep watch over the baby eagle, as it is expected to take flight soon, and it's nests proximity to E-470 tollway is worrisome. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/The Denver Post)

The mother eagle soars past the nest before landing to join the father eagle (left) and female eaglet (right) at a nest along E120th Avenue near, E-470 on Thursday, July 03, 2014 in Commerce City, CO. Volunteers rotate in shifts to keep watch over the baby eagle, as it is expected to take flight soon, and it's nests proximity to E-470 tollway is worrisome. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/The Denver Post)

Raptor Education Foundation director Peter Reshetniak peers through a spotting scope pointed at a female eaglet that is expected to take tis first flight soon, along E120th Avenue near, E-470 where an eagles nest is located on Thursday, July 03, 2014 in Commerce City, CO. Volunteers rotate in shifts to keep watch over the baby eagle, as it is expected to take flight soon, and it's nests proximity to E-470 tollway is worrisome. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/The Denver Post)

Josette Mastra looks through binoculars while surveying a nest with a female eaglet along E120th Avenue near, E-470 where an eagles nest is located on Thursday, July 03, 2014 in Commerce City, CO. Volunteers rotate in shifts to keep watch over the baby eagle, as it is expected to take flight soon, and it's nests proximity to E-470 tollway is worrisome. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/The Denver Post)

Karen Metz peers thought a spotting scope looking at an eagles nest where a female eaglet is expected to take flight soon, along E120th Avenue near, E-470 on Thursday, July 03, 2014 in Commerce City, CO. Volunteers rotate in shifts to keep watch over the baby eagle, as it is expected to take flight soon, and it's nests proximity to E-470 tollway is worrisome. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/The Denver Post)

A female eaglet exercises her wings trying to gain lift out of the nest while her parents are perched on branches at their nest along E120th Avenue near, E-470 on Thursday, July 03, 2014 in Commerce City, CO. Volunteers rotate in shifts to keep watch over the baby eagle, as it is expected to take flight soon, and it's nests proximity to E-470 tollway is worrisome. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/The Denver Post)

Volunteers Karen Metz and Josette Mastra look through binoculars surveying a female eaglet along E120th Avenue near, E-470 where an eagles nest is located on Thursday, July 03, 2014 in Commerce City, CO. Volunteers rotate in shifts to keep watch over the baby eagle, as it is expected to take flight soon, and it's nests proximity to E-470 tollway is worrisome. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/The Denver Post)

PHOTOS: Baby eagle expected to take first flight in Commerce City, Colorado

A family of bald eagles made their nest along E120th Avenue near, E-470 in Commerce City, Colorado. Volunteers rotate in shifts to keep watch over the baby eagle, as it is expected to take flight soon, and it's nests proximity to E-470 tollway is worrisome. (Photos by Kent Nishimura/The Denver Post)
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